#TOM AND JERRY EPISODES OLD SERIES#
Until 2017, Tom and Jerry was the only classic cartoon series to air consistently on Cartoon Network.
Interestingly, since then it seems like Warner has been treating Tom and Jerry better than their own Looney Tunes (probably due, in part, to the commercial bombing of Looney Tunes: Back in Action). acquired the rights to Tom and Jerry after purchasing Turner Broadcasting System, which in 1986 had purchased MGM's entire pre-1986 library. Tom and Jerry Tales was canceled after 4KidsTV took over Kids WB, but the movies have continued. From 2006 to 2008, The CW's animation block included Tom and Jerry Tales, which continued with the slapstick humor of the theatrical shorts, as did a series of direct-to-video films. Another series, Tom & Jerry Kids, ran on the Fox network from 1990≩3. This was followed by Filmation's 1980≨2 version on CBS, which used the classic slapstick formula. The only other theatrical animated series to win as many Oscars was Disney's Silly Symphonies.įrom 1975≧7, Hanna-Barbera produced a less violent The Tom and Jerry Show anthology for ABC, supported by a new character, the Great Grape Ape.
In any event, the Tom and Jerry series went on to become one of the most popular and successful of all time, with seven of its shorts winning Academy Awards. Carr may have been inspired by the names of the two young tearaways in the 19th Century Life in London stories by Pierce Egan, or perhaps by the eggnog-like beverage known as "Tom and Jerry" (itself named after Egan's characters), or possibly even by the earlier, human animated duo created by Van Beuren Studios (for which Barbera worked at the dawn of his career) in the '30s. The characters acquired their permanent names after an in-house contest held by MGM, with animator John Carr submitting the winning entry. Jinks for the cat in their T&J Expy short series, Pixie, Dixie and Mr. note Hanna and Barbera would later use the name Mr. In the duo's first short, " Puss Gets the Boot" (1940), the cat's name was Jasper and the mouse, though left unnamed onscreen, was dubbed Jinx by the animators. Holy shit, was this the last episode of the series or something? Now we know where The Sopranos got the idea for the finale, except that at least they made it somewhat ambiguous and not totally soul-crushing.Thomas Cat and Jerry Mouse, the stars of a long-running series of short theatrical cartoons produced by MGM during The Golden Age of Animation, were the first characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. They just sit there as we hear a whistle indicating that the train approaches, and then … it’s over. So … this is where they hug and realize that they’re not really alone as long as they have each other, right? Or, at the very least, when they remember that they’re a cat and a mouse and start carrying out a whimsical chase sequence, united in their hate? Right?
#TOM AND JERRY EPISODES OLD CRACKED#
This theory likely stemmed from, or at least was popularized by, a list published by Cracked in August 2012, which included an episode of Tom and Jerry called “Blue Cat Blues.”Īfter recapping the events of the episode, stating that the show faded to black while Tom and Jerry sat on the railroad tracks as a train whistle blew, the author wondered if this was the last episode of the series:įinally, we come back to the railroad tracks, with Tom waiting to die as Jerry reflects on how lucky he is to have a loving girlfriend - however, Jerry’s world quickly shatters as well when he happens to see his girl cheating on him with the guy she just married, and he joins Tom on the tracks, both of them waiting for death.
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